Toy register bank



Dec. 23, 1952 J. FARBER TOY REGISTER BANK Filed March 26, 1952 IN VEN TR.

J/YC'OB M2555? Patented Dec. 23, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TOY REGISTER BANK Jacob Farber, New York, N. Application March 26, 1952, Serial N 0. 278,727

3 Claims.

This invention relates to toy register banks, and :the main object is the provision of .a toy bank which is very simple and inexpensive in construction and operation, including two toothed discs or gears one of which is of smaller diameter and is adapted to be moved through an are upon insertion of a coin, the other of which is of larger diameter and .is adapted to be turned through one tooth at and by the first gear after the latter has been turned through a given num ber of such arcs, or teeth, resulting from successive depositing of the same number of coins. The smaller gear is adapted to indicate the sum of coins thus deposited up to four, in the case of quarters, and the larger gear is .adapted to indi-- cate the number of whole dollars deposited.

Another object of the invention is the provision of the two gears above-mentioned in such fashion that when the total amount registrable on the large gear has been deposited and the door of the bank has been released so that the contents may be removed, the large gear will indicate zero (as will also the small gear), and that when the first coin of a new collection is deposited the large gear will again read zero even though the said last deposit has moved the latter through the distance of a tooth. This is accomplished in a novel way which will be described in detail below.

The above as well as additional objects will be clarified in the following description, wherein characters of reference refer to like-numbered parts in the accompanying drawing. It is to be noted that the drawing is intended solely for the purpose .of illustration and that it is therefore neither desired nor intended to limit the invention necessarily to any or all of the exact details shown or described except insofar as they may be deemed essential to the invention.

Referring briefly to the drawing,

Fig. l is a perspective View of the toy register bank embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-.-.2 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3..3 of Fig. .2. .Fig. 4 is a front elevational view of the bank, with parts broken away and parts omitted to Show particularly the two gears with their dial markin 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the bank show ng pa t cularly the coin slot and guide and the way the coin turns the small gear and thelatter turns the largegear upon deposit of the first coin.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral it indicates the bank housing which includes the sloping front wall H, the top or roof I2, and the bottom l3. An opening 14 through the roof is provided at one end thereof, and a slide [5 has parallel flanges l6 riding in longitudinal slots I! in the roof, the slide normally closing or covering the opening M by virtue of a tension spring It, as is apparent in Fig. 6. An arched tongue 19 extends from and integral with the roof under the opening M. The slide Iii has coin slot'20 surrounded by an upstanding sleeve 2 I, the latter being normally positioned to the left, Fig. 6, as shown in broken lines. When a coin is inserted into the slot, it rests on the guide 19 and partly projects into the sleeve 2 I.

A small gear 22 is pivoted at '23 against the front wall i I, below the opening I4. As the bank illustrated is intended to serve as a deposit for quarters to the total amount of twenty dollars, the numbers and arrangement of teeth on the two gears have been illustrated accordingly. Both the large and the small gear illustrated are of the type wherein the teeth project from the plane of the gear body or disc. The small gear 22 is provided with eight equidistant teeth 24 and, at dimetrically opposite points, with two radial tongues 25. As shown in Fig. 5, the tongues 25 have bases 26 concentric with the teeth 24 so that the tongues are positioned in a plane parallel with that of the gear disc between the latter and a plane through the extremities of the teeth 2t. In addition, the gear 22 is also provided with a second pair of diametrically opposite projections 2? which are shorter than the tongues 25 and lie in the plane of the gear disc 22. A common type of leaf spring 28 having a notch 29 therein is normally flexed to engage the notched portion 28 between a pair of mutually adjacent teeth 24.

When a coin is deposited so that it rests upon the guide Id, its rim projects on the other side into the orbit of the teeth 24, so that when the slide is is moved as far as it will go, the edge of the coin will engage the nearest tooth 24 and carry the latter through the distance of one tooth, the spring 23 again positioning the gear in its new position. The front face of the gear 22, Fig. i, is provided with two concentric circles of appropriately spaced digits which are adapted to appear in pairs, that is, one from each circle, in windows 32 in the front wall ll. As shown in Figs. 1 and 4, these digits are 2 from the inner circle 3| and 5 from the outer circle 32.

Without going further into detail regarding these dials, it is apparent that upon turning the gear 22 through another tooth, the numeral 5 from the inner circle and the numeral 0 from the outer, will replace the previous numerals in the windows 30. Thus, assuming that two zeros appeared in the windows at the start, upon the successive deposit of eight coins, i. e., quarters, in the bank, the numbers successively appearing in thewindows 30 will be 25, 50, 75, 00, 25, 50, 75, and 00. After each four successive deposits, as will be described below, an additional one dollar is recorded by the large dial.

The large gear 33 is likewise pivotally attached, at 34, to the wall I i, in a plane between the plane of the gear disc 22 and the wall H with the disc 22 overlapping the gear disc 33. A circle of gear teeth is punched out of the disc 33 and also extend at right angles thereto. The teeth 35 are clear of the teeth 24 of the gear 22 and thus these two sets of teeth do not interengage. The radial tongues 25, however, of the gear 22 to project into the orbit of the teeth 35, so that once during each half-rotation of the gear 22, that is, upon deposit of the last of four successive coins in the bank, the gear 33 will be turned through one tooth. A second leaf spring 36 has a notched portion 3'! adapted to engage the teeth 35 to limit the gear 33 against bein turned through more than one tooth at a time. Both springs 28 and 36 may be, as illustrated in Fig. 3, integral extensions from a plate 38 which may be anchored under the gear 22 on the pivot 23.

There are twenty-one teeth 35 on the disc 33, all of which are identical except the one indicated at 35a. The latter tooth has a radial projection 39 at its base so that it projects radially beyond the other teeth 35 and into the orbit of the two radial projections 21 on the gear 22. However, the two tongues 25 of the gear 22 do not engage the tooth 35a, or more particularly the base 39 thereof, at any time because, as stated above, the tongues 25 are raised by their bases 25 beyond the plane of the gear disc 22 so that they pass over the base 39 of the tooth 35a.

It is to be noted, Fig. 4, that the other or outer face of the disc 33 is provided with two circles of symbols, an inner circle 4| and an outer circle 40. Successive pairs of these symbols, one from each circle, are adapted to appear in the windows 42 in the front wall I l, indicative of deposited whole dollars. Both the inner circle 4! and the outer circle have two mutually adjacent 0 indications. Assuming that the bank has just been filled to the total amount of twenty dollars, the zero 43 (Fig. 4) will appear in the right-hand window 42 (Fig. 1) and the zero 44 will appear in the left-hand window 42. Assuming, as will be clarified below, that upon deposit of the first quarter after the full bank has been emptied, that the dial 33 is turned thereby through one tooth, then the zero 45 will appear in the right-hand window 42 and the zero 46 will appear in the lefthand window 42. By having the two zeros appear in the windows 42 when the bank has been filled to the amount of $20.00 after which the bank is at once emptied, the empty bank will be properly reported in the dial windows, all of which read 0. It is therefore unnecessary to make any adjustment to start using the bank again, for when the first new deposit is made the dial windows will register 25, for cents, and, as just mentioned, the dollar windows 42 will also again register 00.

Examining Fig. 3, it is noted that a tooth 24 is .4 just radially adjacent the tooth 35a. Between this tooth 24 and the next adjacent, in a counterclockwise direction, tooth 24, one of the two diametrically opposite projections 21 is positioned. This is the state of the various parts after the full $20.05 has been deposited and all dial windows read 0. When now the first coin of the new accumulation is deposited and the gear 22 is turned through a tooth, the projection 21 will engage the tooth 35a, that is, its base 39, and turn the disc 33 through one tooth. This movement of the gear 33, however, as above mentioned, merely substitutes in the windows 42 a second pair of zeros for those previously positioned therein. Once the tooth 35a has thus been moved out of the way, the projections 21 no longer have any engagement with the disc or gear 33 until the latter has been turned through a complete rotation back to its position shown in Fig, 3, that is, until the full amount of twenty dollars has been deposited.

A door 41 is provided for the bank in the form of a flap hinged along its upper edge 48 (not shown in detail) against the front wall II. The latter has an opening 49 through the bottom thereof, which the lower portion of the door normally closes. Intermediate its width, the lower edge of the door has a right-angled tongue 50 which extends through the opening 49 into the housing It just above the floor l3. A vertical barrier 5| in the form of a thin projection, extends integrally upward from the tongue 50. A notch 52 in the wall I l provides room for outward passage of the barrier 5| through the wall II. A single notch 53 is provided in the circumferential edge of the disc 33 so positioned that it aligns with the notch 52 when the bank has accumulated twenty dollars, thus allowing the door to be swung open. A spring secured between the base l3 and the tongue 50 automatically restores the door to closed position.

If desired, additional windows 55 may be provided through the wall of the door 41 with a suitable dial 55 adapted to be turned on its pivot 51, to show through the windows 55 the date of the last deposit.

Obviously modifications may be made Without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A toy register bank including a wall having at least two spaced windows therein, two discs rotatably mounted on spaced pivots, against said wall and each having indicia thereon adapted to be separately exposed through each of said windows, said bank having a roof provided with an opening therethrough, a slide longitudinally slidably mounted on the roof and covering said opening, said slide having a transverse coin slot therethrough, one of said discs having spaced gear teeth extending outward therefrom with respect to said wall and at right angles to the disc, limit stops limiting the movement of said slide between the ends of said opening, resilient means maintaining said slide normally against one of said limit stops, yieldable means limiting rotational movement of said one of said discs to the arcuate distance between adjacent teeth thereof and always positioning the disc with a space between adjacent teeth below the normal position of said slot, a coin support under said opening supporting a deposited coin with the lower edge of the coin positioned in said space so that upon sliding of the slide toward the other limit stop said coin will turn said one of said discs through said arcuate distance, the indicia on said one of said discs indicating the successive totals of deposited coins up to the maximum possible less than one dollar and indicating zero for an accumulated deposit of one dollar, the indicia on the other of said discs indicating successive totals of whole dollars deposited between zero and one less than the total capacity of the bank and again zero for the last coin deposited to fill the bank to capacity, yieldable means limiting rotation of said other disc to stages equal to the arcuate distance between adjacent teeth thereof, said other disc having similar teeth similarly extending therefrom, said other disc having the teeth thereof equal in number to one more than the total dollar capacity of the bank, radial extensions on said one of said discs extending into the orbit of said teeth of said other disc and circumferentially spaced from each other a number of teeth equal to the number of deposited coins required to total one dollar whereby one of said extensions turns said other disc through said arcuate distance thereof each time the last coin of a number of coins totalling one dollar is deposited, and means partly on each of said discs for interengaging said discs once during a whole turn of said other disc, said last-named means being positioned ready for interengagement when the bank has been filled to capacity and the accumulated coins are about to be removed and when said secondnamed zero appears in the window of said other disc so that upon insertion of the first coin of a new accumulation and sliding said slide as aforesaid said interengaging means will turn said other disc through said arcuate distance between the teeth thereof to move said first-named zero into said last-named window.

2. The bank set forth in claim 1, said lastnamed means comprising an additional radial extension on said one of said discs and an additional radial extension on one of said teeth of said other disc, said last-named radial extensions being positioned in a common plane spaced from the plane through said first-named radial extensions, said last-named radial extensions having their extremities lying in intersecting orbits.

3. A register bank comprising a casing including a front wall and a roof, said roof having an opening therethrough into the casing, a slide longitudinally slidably mounted on the roof and covering said opening, said slide having a transverse coin slot intermediate its length through which a coin is adapted to be passed through said opening, limitstops limiting the movement of said slide in both longitudinal directions, resilient means normally urging the slide toward one end of the roof against the corresponding limit stop, a coin support rigid with the casing spaced below said opening near one side thereof at a distance less than the diameter of the coin adapted to support the inserted coin and. maintain the same in position wherein the coin projects partway upward through the slot, a gear disc rotatably mounted against said front wall below said opening with the upper portion thereof projecting above a horizontal plane through the bottom of said support, said disc having eight equidistant circumferentially spaced teeth thereon extending at right angles to the disc and outward with respect to said front wall, yieldable means positioning said disc so that a space between two mutually adjacent teeth at all times is positioned below said slot in the normal position of said slide and limiting rotation of said disc to one-eighth of a turn at a time, the lower edge of the inserted coin lying in said space and upon movement of said slide to the opposite limit stop thereof engaging one of said mutually adjacent teeth to turn said disc through said one-eighth of a turn, said disc having additionally two diametrically opposed radial tongues extending therefrom and lying substantially in a plane positioned between the plane of the disc and a plane through the tips of said teeth, second disc rotatably mounted against said front wall and having twenty-one equidistant circumferentially spaced teeth thereon extending at right angles thereto and outward with respect to said front wall, the orbit of said teeth on said second disc being spaced from the orbit of said teeth on said first disc but intersecting the orbit of said tongues whereby once in every half-turn of said first disc one of said tongues turns said second disc through one twenty-first of a turn, one of said teeth on said second disc having the base thereof elongated radially outward, the top of said base lying in a plane positioned between the plane of said first disc and said plane of said tongues, said first disc having additionally a radial projection having less than the length of said tongues, the orbit of said radial projection intersecting the orbit of said base whereby when said one of said teeth is positioned in the path of said radial projection which occurs once during each whole turn of said second disc said radial projection engages said base upon rotation of said first disc to turn said second disc through one twenty-first of a turn, each of said discs having two concentric circles of spaced symbols on the reverse side thereof equal in number to the number of teeth on the respective discs, said front wall having two pairs of windows therein, the windows of one of said pairs being adapted to expose one of the symbols of each of the circles on said first disc, the windows of the other of said pairs being adapted to expose one of the symbols of each of the circles of said second disc, said symbols being so provided on said second disc that in each of a given two positions of the second disc one twenty-first of a turn apart both of the symbols exposed in the corresponding pair of windows are zeros and in the next successive positions of said second disc the exposed symbols thereof read successively from 0'1 to 19, the symbols of said first disc being so provided that they read successively 00" 25, 75,7, 00: 25, 50, 757! 007! during one turn of said first disc.

JACOB FARBER.

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